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A member of the Lheidli T'enneh Nation will be the first to take the podium as an aboriginal alumni speaker series begins Monday at the University of Northern British Columbia.

The last leg of the 24th annual Gold Rush Dog Sled Mail Run goes Sunday. Once a qualifier for the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod races, it's now more about participation than who can do it the fastest.

A Prince George man walks into a room. No, it's not the beginning of a silly joke. It's the start of Men's Health Day this Saturday at the University Hospital of Northern B.C.

The public inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women will need to go to rural and isolated communities when it gets going later this year.

Thanks to an unexpected spike in student enrolment, the College of New Caledonia is projecting a budget surplus of $1 million at their fiscal year end of March 31.

Living with an eating disorder

Two people were arrested Friday morning for allegedly squatting in a vacant 2100-block Oak Street home.

During the last online Citizen poll, readers said snow removal compared to the last few years has 'been better, but there's still room for improvement' with 34 per cent of the vote, for a total of 223 votes.

The buildup of area snowpack has been below normal so far this winter, the River Forecast Centre said in its January update. The levels in Upper Fraser West and Upper Fraser East were at 77 per cent and it stood at 79 per cent in the Nechako basin.

An application from a pair of local businesses for relocation has already spawned organized neighbourhood opposition.